Vending-machine.



J. J. MARKS.

VENDING MACHINE.

' APPLICATION HLED'DEO. 2, 1909.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

N VE TOR 1/0/2/z Jim 5;? 1%? M A TTOHNE rs J. J. MARRS.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED DEC. 2, 1909.

1,057,971, Patented Apr. 1, 1.913.

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ATTORNEYS J. J. MARKS.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED 1330.2, 1909. 1,057,971 Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

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= l I I l I I 1 I l I 1 BK a ATTORNEYS STATES citizen of the United States, and a resident operate to discharge a newspaper or coins may fall before they reach the lever,

vedto engagemachine to i to rovide a rack sliding in a groove in the jected through the discharge slot by the i Another object vide' means for other lperiodicals.

' the coin c ute and the mechanism'immedi- Y ,7 Improved Vending-Machine, following is a full, clear, and exact description.

to regulate the tension of the spring conor more coinswillbe required to operate it..

, 30 engaged th m pivoted to the understood that JOHN JAMES 'mannsor naanrsolv, .anxansas.

PATENT OFFICE; 1

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that 1, JOHN JAMES MARR's, a

of Harrison, in the county of Boone and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and of which the My invention relates to vending machines and it has for its object to provide means which, when freed by a coin, are adapted to other periodical from within the casing.

Another object of the invention is to provide means which may be readily adjusted with the lever, so that one, two, three necte Another object is to provide slots in the" coin chute through which slugs and small plugs being also provided to fill the slots;

whendesired. v A. further object of the invention 1 is to provide a slide with a. fiange,.which is adaptthe side of a newspaper in the push its end through the discharge slot,the slidejhaving a recess which is lever.

' Still another object of the invention is casing, there being means adapted to press theme with newspapers,-so that one of them is at all times in aposition to be profiange. p 4 v of the invention is to pm, drawing back therack to permitv of the insertion of newspapers or Sti appear inthe tion. a

In this specification I- will describe the preferred form of. my invention it be ng the scope of the invention. is defined in the appended claims.

' Reference is to be had to the accompanyforming a part of this speciother objects of the invention will following complete descr1p-.

ing drawings the views, in which; I

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine; Fi 2 is a sectional view showing Specification of Letters Patent.

' an o ening 1' in its bottom,

ately connected there'withyFig. 3 is a side sectional elevation of the invention; Fig. 4 1s a view similar to that shown .in Fig. 2, with the bell crank lever connected with the operating lever held in another position;

the door closing the discharge slot; Fig. 6 is a sectional plan view of the front of the V the coin chute 3 then eing inclined a greater degree toward a of the coin'chute is located above the cup and a shank 9, this plug 7 being adapted to closeJt-he opening 4 in the bottom 0f the coin chute 3, the head forming a continuation of the bottom. of the coin chute 3 and the shank 9 projecting through the opening 4=. There is. also an opening 10 in the coin chute 3, immediately beyond" a tom of the coin e'hute 3, which, as has been stated, is angular. 31S pivoted at 12 to the side of the casing 1.

A bell crank lever 13 is pivoted to the easing 1, one arm of being connected with the other arm ofthe operating lever 6 by a spring 1 1. 15, with orifices 16, is secured to the casing and a in 17 is provided, which is adapte to be (disposed in any one of the orifices 16,

It will therefore be seen that the position of the bell crank by holding it in its new be regulated. v

--Below the 0 enings 4 and 10 in the coin chute 3, is a c ute 18 which leads to a slot 1, in which is a cup 5 on an operating lever 6. The bottom point 11, which forms the apex at the botthe bell crank lever 13- po-. the 1 orifices 16, the'tension of the spring 14. may

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

Application filed December 2, 1909. Serial No. 531,002.

Fig. 5. is a plan view of the machine with p the cover removed, a portion of the side of 1 the casing being shown in section to show box, showing the relationship of the arm pivoted to the operating lever with the slide;

the coin slot 2 for a distance, I in which portion of the coin ,chute there is 5. A plug 7 is provided,.having ;a head 8 v The operating lever 6 A plate 'and with which the arm of-the bell crank adapted'to contact to limit its 19 in the casing. The opening in the coin chute 3 is provided to receive ennies when the machine is arranged to sel newspapers or other periodicals, the price of which is live cents. 'lVhen the machine is so adjusted,

any penny which may be inserted through the coin slot 2 will fall through the opening 4 into the coin chute 18 and through the coin slot 19 to a position without the casing.

The opening 10 in the coin chute 3 is provided to permit slugs to fall therethrough which may be introduced throu h the coin slot 2, for whether the machine e adjusted to sell newspapers, the price of which is one cent, or whether it is arranged to vend newspapers'for five cents each, the coins which the purchaser .will introduce through the coin slot 2 will pass over this opening 10, although slugs because of their S126 and weight, will fall therethrough into the chute 18.

A stop 20 is secured to the casing 1 near the inner terminal of the coin chute 3, to prevent the coins from leaving the coin chute before striking the cup 5. Connected with the operating lever 6 there is an arm 21 which is pivoted on the pin 12 to which the operating lever 6 is also pivoted, the operating lever 6 havin a flange 22 disposed in the arm 21 to lift it when a coin falls in the cup 5, secured to the operating lever.

In the front of the machine there is a groove 23, in which a slide 24 is adapted-to travel, there being a slot 25 which communicates'with the groove 23, and a knob 26 projecting through the slot 25, the knob 26 being secured to the slide 24. The slide 24 has a recess 27 which extends through its upper surface, the arm 21 being normally disposed in the said recess. The front of the casing 1 has a recess 28 sufliciently large to permit of the movement of the arm 21 therein. The

-,. end of the slide 24 at 29'is curved so that when the slide has been released and is then drawn back by a spring 30, the curved portion 29 of the slide 24 will lift the arm 21 so that it may fall in the recess 27. To the slide 24 is secured a flange or hand 31. Running from the front to the rear of the machine, at its base, there is a guideway 32, in

which is disposed a slide 33, a rack 34 being mounted on this slide 33, the newspapers or other periodicals 35 being moved toward the front of the machine by this rack 34. At the side of the front of the machine and opposite the liangeor hand 31, there is a discharge slot 36, at one side of which is ivoted a door 37, there being an arm 38 whic issecured at right angles to the door, this arm 38 being connected to the side of the casing by means of a s ring 39. This means is provided to hold the door 37 yieldingly closed, saiddoor being adapted to moveoutwardly by the pressure of a newspaper or other periodical,

the spring 39 tending to close the door after the paper has been removed, a shoulder 40 in the casing limiting the inward movement of the door.

At the rear of the machine is journaled in standards 41, a shaft 42 'on which is mounted a drum 43, there being also a spring 44 mounted on the shaft 42, the spring 44 being adapted to rotate, the shaft in one direction. At the front of the machine and in the guideway 32 is j ournaled a roller 45. A belt 46 is provided, which is disposed around the drum 43, one end of the belt 46 being disposed beneath the slide 33 around the roller 45 and then to the slide 33 where it is secured. The other end of the belt 46, after it is disposed around the drum 43, is also secured to the slide 33. The spring 44 is so mounted that it tends to draw rearwardly the lower' portion of the belt' 46, thereby also secured to the drum 43 a belt 47, the

' belt being wound around the said drum and then being led through eyes 48. The belt serves to rotate the drum against the pressure of the spring to move the slide 33 toward the rear of the machine, which will enable the operator to dispose the newspapers between the front of the machine and the rack 34. j

In using the invention, after the newspapers have been disposed. in the machine, the party desiring to purchase a newspaper in troduces. a coin in the coin slot 2,'the coin rolling down the coin chute 3 and falling into the cup 5, which operates the lever 6, the flange 22 on the lever 6 lifting u wardly the arm 21 out of the recess 27 in t e slide 1 24. The party is then able to move the slide from right to left by means of the knob 26 the oor37 and a short way through the discharge slot 36. The party is then able to the pile of newspapers and pushes it against withdraw the newspaper the rest of the'wa y,

fand the transaction is completed.

At all times the spring 44 in'connection with the belt 46, holds the rack 34 yieldmgly against the newspapers or periodicals 35, so that when any part desires to operate the machine, he may f the flange or hand 31'. In the front of the casing 1, there is a glass window'49, which Wlll permit the party to look through to see if the receptacle is empty andif he sees a newspaper in the receptacle, he mayrest assured that it will bedischarged when the machine is operated. g

-When themachineis used 'to'sell newspapers, the price of which is one cent each,

eel certain that a newspaper is in position to be engaged by chute and will not fall through the opening 4. WVhen the plug 7 is not in use, a one-cent piece will fall through the opening 4: into the chute 18, although a five-cent piece will pass down the chute, over the opening 4. It will therefore beseen that the machine may be used to sell papers which cost one cent, as well as those which cost five cents each. i

When it is desired to sell newspapers costing two cents, the tension of the spring 14.- is adjusted by moving rearwardly the upper arm of the bell crank lever 13 and se curing it in place by the pin 17 disposed in one of the orifices 16. When this is done, it will be necessary for two one-cent ieces to fall into the cup 5 before the operatlng' lever 16 is caused to descend by the weight of the coins. The machine may therefore be used to sell newspapers whether they cost one, two or five cents.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a vending machine, a lever adapted to be operated by a coin, a second lever, a spring connecting an arm of the second-mentioned lever with an arm of the first-mentioned lever, adapted for holding the firstmentioned lever yieldingly in a predetermined position, and means adapted for l-imiting the movement of the second-mentioned leverin the direction of the pull of the spring.

:2. In a vending machine, a lever adapted to be operated by a coin, a second lever,'a spring connecting an armiof the first-mentioned lever with an arm of the secondmentioned lever adapted for holding the firstmentioned lever in a predetermined position, a member having a plurality of orifices, and a pin adapted to be disposed in any one of the orifices and to engage the arm of the second-mentioned lever.

3. In a vending machine, a coin chute having an opening in its bottom, a shank having a head, the shank being adapted to be inserted in the opening so that the head will close it, a lever adapted to be operated by a coin as itfalls from the coin chute, a second lever, a spring connecting an arm of the second-mentioned lever withan arm of the first-mentionedlever, adapted for holding the first-mentioned lever yieldingly in a predetermined position, and means adapted for limiting the movement of the secondmentioned lever in the direction of the pull of the spring.

4. In a vending machine, a lever adapted to be operated by a coin, a-second lever, a spring connecting an arm of the second-mentioned lever with an arm of the first-men tioned lever, adapted for holding the firstmentioned lever yieldinglyin a predetermined position, means adapted for limit-ing the movement of the second-mentioned lever in the direction of the pull of the spring, an operating member having a recess, and an arm pivotally connected to the first-mentioned lever adapted to be disposed in the recess. Y

5. In a vending machine, a casing having a groove, a slide adapted to travel in the groove, a rack secured tothe slide adapted to hold the slide yieldingly in a redetermined position, a second slide, a ange secured to the second-mentioned slide adapted to move across the path of travel of the rack, there being a recess near one of the terminals of the second-mentioned slide, an operating lever, a pivoted arm normally disposed in the recess, the said terminal of the slide having a tapering surface adapted to lift the arm relatively to the lever and to the slide as the slide is operated, and a flange on the operating lever which is adapted to lift the arm.

6. In a vending machine, a lever adapted to be operated by a coin, a spring adapted for holding the lever yieldingly in a predetermined posit-ion, a slide having a recess, an arm pivotally connected to the lever adapted to be disposed in the recess, a flange secured to the lever adapted to contact with the arm, a flange secured to the slide, a second slide, a rack secured to the second-mentioned slide, and means adapted for holding the second-mentioned slide yieldingly in a predetermined position.

7. In a vending machine, a casin having a discharge slot, a lever adapted to e 0 erated by a coin, a spring adapted for hol ing the lever yieldingly in a predetermined position, a slide having a recess, an arm pivotally connected to the lever adapted to be vdisposed in the recess, a flange secured to the lever adapted to engage the arm, a flange secured to the slide, a second slide, a rack secured to the second-mentioned slide, means adapted for holding the second-mentioned slide yieldingly in a predetermined position, a door adapted to close the dischargeslot in the casing, and means adapted for holding the door yieldingly closed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN JAMES Mamas.

Witnesses:

L. M. WHITESIDE, C. E. WrnsoN. 

